While Biden sent the best weapons and equipment to Ukraine, Taiwan only got moldy body armor and expired ammunition

[rightwinger]

Ask yourself why there have been zero peace talks with Russia.

Because Russia refuses to stop the hostilities and go home

 

[mudwhistle]

Because Russia refuses to stop the hostilities and go home

Yeah.....keep telling yourself that.

One thing that made it easy on the Russians is when Biden let Russia open Nord Stream Pipeline so Putin could fund the war. He's selling gas to NATO and using their money to buy weapons.

The war would be over in a week if they cut off that pipeline.

There aren't many battles going on. Just people shooting at each other with the weapons they're getting from the US and Western Europe.

And the war in GAZA never would have happened if Biden hadn't lifted sanctions on Iran as well has give them billions of dollars to fund their proxies in GAZA and Lebanon.

 

[rightwinger]

Yeah.....keep telling yourself that.

One thing that made it easy on the Russians is when Biden let Russia open Nord Stream Pipeline so Putin could fund the war. He's selling gas to NATO and using their money to buy weapons.

The war would be over in a week if they cut off that pipeline.

There aren't many battles going on. Just people shooting at each other with the weapons they're getting from the US and Western Europe.

And the war in GAZA never would have happened if Biden hadn't lifted sanctions on Iran as well has give them billions of dollars to fund their proxies in GAZA and Lebanon.

Putin counted on the west doing nothing because they preferred his oil to helping Ukraine.

Biden United the west to provide Ukraine the resources to stop him
Now, Putin is in a war that he cannot win

 

[mudwhistle]

Putin counted on the west doing nothing because they preferred his oil to helping Ukraine.

Biden United the west to provide Ukraine the resources to stop him
Now, Putin is in a war that he cannot win

Course Putin had no intention on invading till the establishment pulled a coup and got rid of Trump.

So much for your silly claims Trump is a dictator.

 

[rightwinger]

Course Putin had no intention on invading till the establish pulled a coup and got rid of Trump.

So much for your silly claims Trump is a dictator.

I think Putin may have thought Biden to be old and weak and would do nothing to stop his annexation of Ukraine.

Instead, Biden rallied the Western Powers to invoke sanctions and provide military and economic aid to Ukraine.

Now, western weapons are slaughtering Russians

 

[mudwhistle]

I think Putin may have thought Biden to be old and weak and would do nothing to stop his annexation of Ukraine.

Instead, Biden rallied the Western Powers to invoke sanctions and provide military and economic aid to Ukraine.

Now, western weapons are slaughtering Russians

I don't call that a win.....because it never should have happened in the first place.

We have so much debt ($34 trillion) that we cannot afford to be funding wars around the globe.

Adding to that the $1.4 trillion we're spending on bringing illegals here and paying for them to kill puppies and kittens as well as rape our kids.

 

[rightwinger]

I don't call that a win.....because it never should have happened in the first place.

We have so much debt ($34 trillion) that we cannot afford to be funding wars around the globe.

Adding to that the $1.4 trillion we're spending on bringing illegals here and paying for them to kill puppies and kittens as well as rape our kids.

It shouldn’t have happened in the first place

Putin should have respected Ukraines sovereignty.
But he didn’t.

Know why?
Because he thought he could get away with it

 

[mudwhistle]

It shouldn’t have happened in the first place

Putin should have respected Ukraines sovereignty.
But he didn’t.

Know why?
Because he thought he could get away with it

Biden literally gave him the okay to do it.

He said he wouldn't bother with it because it would only be small skirmishes anyway.

Fact is the establishment needed a way to launder money, and Ukraine was their excuse.

 

[rightwinger]

Biden literally gave him the okay to do it.

He said he wouldn't bother with it because it would only be small skirmishes anyway.

Fact is the establishment needed a way to launder money, and Ukraine was their excuse.

Actually, Biden and the West warned him not to do it

But Putin thought the EU was in love with his oil and Biden was old and weak.

Now his mighty Army is getting its ass handed to it by an inferior opponent using western weapons

 

[mudwhistle]

Actually, Biden and the West warned him not to do it

But Putin thought the EU was in love with his oil and Biden was old and weak.

Now his mighty Army is getting its ass handed to it by an inferior opponent using western weapons

LOL.....the AK-47 is better than anything Colt could come up with. We don't have anything that can compete with a RPG either.

I spent enough time in the military to know that most of the stuff we get is too expensive and not very effective. The primary reason is competition.

Every ground pounder weapon in the Soviet arsenal has the same interchangeable trigger assembly. You can take an AK and an SKS trigger and put it on an RPG. And AK can fire even if you drop it in the mud. An M-4 round will bounce off a windshield, but an AK or SKS round will penetrate.

 

[rightwinger]

LOL.....the AK-47 is better than anything Colt could come up with. We don't have anything that can compete with a RPG either.

I spent enough time in the military to know that most of the stuff we get is too expensive and not very effective. The primary reason is competition.

Every ground pounder weapon in the Soviet arsenal has the same interchangeable trigger assembly. You can take an AK and an SKS trigger and put it on an RPG. And AK can fire even if you drop it in the mud. An M-4 round will bounce off a windshield, but an AK or SKS round will penetrate.

Russia is deploying low quality equipment that is not maintained.
Their troops are sent to the front with minimal training and their NCO corps is depleted
Their officers are corrupt and sell their forces equipment for money.

 

[mudwhistle]

Russia is deploying low quality equipment that is not maintained.
Their troops are sent to the front with minimal training and their NCO corps is depleted
Their officers are corrupt and sell their forces equipment for money.

Again.....none of this would have happened if it weren't for the warmongers in the White House and the Pentagon.

 

[JustAGuy1]

We gave Afghanistan military equipment

No,we left it for the Taliban.

 

[justoffal]

There's no way we're prepared to support Taiwan if their fight for independence from China goes hot. While Biden was blowing his wad on the war in Ukraine, Taiwan was just getting the middle finger.

That "Ten percent for the Big Guy" really paid off, didn't it?

Pentagon to make improvements after moldy body armor sent to Taiwan​

"Washington/Taipei, Sept. 13 (CNA) The United States Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday said it has taken action to make improvements after "unserviceable and poorly packaged" equipment and munitions were sent to Taiwan under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA).

The PDA is a process under which the U.S. can send equipment and weapons from existing stocks to its allied partners in crisis situations. In July 2023, the Biden administration authorized as much as US$345 million in defense articles and services to Taiwan under this presidential drawdown.

"Taiwan is a key security cooperation partner, and the U.S. government is committed to ensuring that equipment delivered to this partner is sufficient for operational use," DOD Spokesperson Pete Nguyen told CNA.

The defense department will learn from this experience, which was the first of its kind, and "has taken action to improve its PDA process for Taiwan," Nguyen said.

The Pentagon spokesperson made the response after the Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed in its report this week that the DOD had provided shipments of unserviceable and poorly packaged equipment and munitions to Taiwan from November 2023 through March this year.

"We appreciate the perspective this report brings to a complex and unique issue for a critical security cooperation partner and anticipate the positive impact it will have on the Department moving forward," he said, indicating that DOD fully supports the intent behind the OIG's recommendations.

According to the OIG report, in December 2023, the DOD delivered to Taiwan 120 of the 340 water damaged pallets, which according to the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) personnel, contained wet and moldy body armor.

The items remained at the Travis Air Force Base for more than three months because the Army did not begin initiating requests for Special Airlift Assignment Mission flights to Taiwan until December, the OIG said.

Due to this, Taiwanese authorities had to spend weeks "unpacking, drying and inventorying the wet and moldy equipment," it said.

In the same month, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) also issued a letter to the AIT stating that Taiwan received 2.7 million rounds of ammunition from the DOD, including some that was expired, in a mix of original, loose and incorrect packaging, the OIG added.

"The DOD did not effectively or efficiently implement accountability and quality controls for items delivered to Taiwan," the OIG said in the report, adding that those actions "inhibit the DOD's ability to achieve established security cooperation goals and may lead to loss of partner confidence in the United States."

Earlier on Friday, the MND told CNA that the shipments of equipment and munitions have been jointly reviewed and handled accordingly by Taiwan and the U.S., without elaborating.

Pentagon to make improvements after moldy body armor sent to Taiwan - Focus Taiwan

It's always all about the money.

 

[luiza]

Again.....none of this would have happened if it weren't for the warmongers in the White House and the Pentagon.

Left Pinger is either remarkably dense and ill informed or he just scribbles anything to pass time .
Conceivably all of these .

He certainly has scribbled a string of absurd nonsense which might be better suited in the Satire section .

 

[Zincwarrior]

Gee, has it even occurred to you that we could have done better if the Idiot-in-Chief hadn't given the Taliban billions of dollars in equipment?

The Taliban are fighting Ukraine?

 

[Independent thinker]

There's no way we're prepared to support Taiwan if their fight for independence from China goes hot. While Biden was blowing his wad on the war in Ukraine, Taiwan was just getting the middle finger.

That "Ten percent for the Big Guy" really paid off, didn't it?

Pentagon to make improvements after moldy body armor sent to Taiwan​

"Washington/Taipei, Sept. 13 (CNA) The United States Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday said it has taken action to make improvements after "unserviceable and poorly packaged" equipment and munitions were sent to Taiwan under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA).

The PDA is a process under which the U.S. can send equipment and weapons from existing stocks to its allied partners in crisis situations. In July 2023, the Biden administration authorized as much as US$345 million in defense articles and services to Taiwan under this presidential drawdown.

"Taiwan is a key security cooperation partner, and the U.S. government is committed to ensuring that equipment delivered to this partner is sufficient for operational use," DOD Spokesperson Pete Nguyen told CNA.

The defense department will learn from this experience, which was the first of its kind, and "has taken action to improve its PDA process for Taiwan," Nguyen said.

The Pentagon spokesperson made the response after the Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed in its report this week that the DOD had provided shipments of unserviceable and poorly packaged equipment and munitions to Taiwan from November 2023 through March this year.

"We appreciate the perspective this report brings to a complex and unique issue for a critical security cooperation partner and anticipate the positive impact it will have on the Department moving forward," he said, indicating that DOD fully supports the intent behind the OIG's recommendations.

According to the OIG report, in December 2023, the DOD delivered to Taiwan 120 of the 340 water damaged pallets, which according to the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) personnel, contained wet and moldy body armor.

The items remained at the Travis Air Force Base for more than three months because the Army did not begin initiating requests for Special Airlift Assignment Mission flights to Taiwan until December, the OIG said.

Due to this, Taiwanese authorities had to spend weeks "unpacking, drying and inventorying the wet and moldy equipment," it said.

In the same month, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) also issued a letter to the AIT stating that Taiwan received 2.7 million rounds of ammunition from the DOD, including some that was expired, in a mix of original, loose and incorrect packaging, the OIG added.

"The DOD did not effectively or efficiently implement accountability and quality controls for items delivered to Taiwan," the OIG said in the report, adding that those actions "inhibit the DOD's ability to achieve established security cooperation goals and may lead to loss of partner confidence in the United States."

Earlier on Friday, the MND told CNA that the shipments of equipment and munitions have been jointly reviewed and handled accordingly by Taiwan and the U.S., without elaborating.

Pentagon to make improvements after moldy body armor sent to Taiwan - Focus Taiwan

Not to worry, Biden's got Taiwan's back. If China invades, Biden will denounce it in the strongest possible words.

 

[rightwinger]

Not to worry, Biden's got Taiwan's back. If China invades, Biden will denounce it in the strongest possible words.

He has done pretty well by Ukraine
Republicans support Putin

 

[Independent thinker]

He has done pretty well by Ukraine
Republicans support Putin

Ukraine was invaded due to Biden's incompetence and you say he has done pretty well there?

 

[rightwinger]

Ukraine was invaded due to Biden's incompetence and you say he has done pretty well there?

Has Biden done well?

For the first time in over 70 years the US stayed out of fighting other people’s wars for them.
Korea, Vietnam, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan

Let the US do the fighting and dying for you

Yea, I’d say Biden has done well by allowing Ukraine to do the fighting with our support